Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[FortCluck]

@FortCluck
If you have a allergy for pollen don’t expose you’re self too much and keep the histamines in you’re body at a low level. If you don’t, its get worse every year.

• Get anti-histamines and take one every day until the pollen disappear.
• Avoid the pollen (stay inside with pollen filters or wear a corona-mask).

I take benedryl but not unless needed. My allergies aren't that bad they get better the healthier I eat.

 

[FortCluck]

I think we're having fewer issues with food availability since we're ahead of the rest of the nation by a couple of weeks. But yes even in one area you'll see big differences in what stores have in stock. Target last week was almost depressing... the food areas (frozen, canned) were really cleared out, it was dead silent in there. But Trader Joes yesterday was the exact opposite even though they were limiting how many customers could come in.



Nachos are a great dinner! I do rotisserie or poached chicken, along with homemade queso, homemade salsa (since hubby doesn't like cilantro or spice), and homemade pinto beans with aromatics.



That's actually impressive if they stick to it. In most states there does not seem to be any actual penalty for breaking the shelter in place order...



It's not bad, and tremendous bang for your buck. Yeah I get a little tired of it but even 5 or 6 plants produces enough greens for daily consumption through winter. I mean look at these monsters, I'll be eating this through next month.

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That's my go-to seed source as well, but they're slammed for orders right now and a lot of stuff is out of stock. Glad I ordered in January!



So I checked the feed store I'd been considering getting chicks from... they're actually doing it via appointment. So you have to sign up in advance and then have a limited amount of time to pick out what you want. Also can't get more than... 8 or 10 without contacting the coordinator first? It's to prevent someone from going in and buying out everything.

I like it. It's not a bad way to limit the number of people in the store and to keep people from swarming in. I'm still... thinking about it. Hubby wants more chicks.

I actually did bacon cheddar egg bagels for their dinner.

 

[rosemarythyme]

I actually did bacon cheddar egg bagels for their dinner.

Always a fan of breakfast for dinner, especially since I don't eat breakfast as breakfast!

 

[ShrekDawg]

SSE is where I plan on ordering corn seed if I ever go bigger, best place I've seen for large quantities, they have 10-25-and 50lbs for some varieties. I want to try Seneca red stalker, native to this area.

I didn’t realize they had larger quantities too. That’s awesome!! I just ordered a bunch of smaller stuff. Lettuce, Swiss chard, like 4 tomato varieties, eggplants, peppers, etc.

 

[FortCluck]

Always a fan of breakfast for dinner, especially since I don't eat breakfast as breakfast!

I never eat breakfast. I never eat before 11 or 12 usually

 

[ShrekDawg]

Me neither

 

[ShrekDawg]

Always a fan of breakfast for dinner, especially since I don't eat breakfast as breakfast!

Breakfast for dinner is the best!!! But breakfast as breakfast is good too lol

 

[IamRainey]

Hindsight is always 20/20. Nobody's ever been through something like this much less making decisions that directly affect people.

It isn't exactly hindsight when you've watched China and Europe go through and and get a warning from the WHO. All that came in January. In March we were still caught flatfooted.

 

[Beer can]

I’ve watched some videos and the actual task does not seem that difficult and I think I could do it but it’s the killing them that’s the hard part. I get too attached lol

I don't make friends with my chickens or ducks and meat is half of why I have them, and I still have a hard time with it most of the time. Deciding factor to get me to do it is the $$ I'm usually spending way to much in feed.
Grew two BBbronze tom turks last fall put it off week after week next week, maybe next....
50lbs ea live weight about 40lbs dressed.
I don't want to know how much they cost to feed but I bet I could have bought their weight in fresh lobster cheaper...

 

[ChocolateMouse]

It isn't exactly hindsight when you've watched China and Europe go through and and get a warning from the WHO. All that came in January. In March we were still caught flatfooted.

More relevantly, the USA has absolutely reacted to pandemics in our lifetime. The original COVID-SARS, Ebola, Zika, H1N1, etc.

Remember when everyone who came back to the USA with Ebola was quarantined for a month the moment they entered the US in those big 'ol tents and stuff? And every single person coming into the country from an infected area was immediately being tested and quarantined cause it had like a 35% death rate? And how it was not voluntary?

Pepperidge Farm remembers.